Body profile coding method and apparatus useful for assisting users to select wearing apparel
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1. A method of processing a body profile (BP) code describing the physical dimensions of a human body to facilitate garment shopping, said method comprising:
- defining m different physical dimensional parameters of a body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values;
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values;
defining n available sizes of a garment by a size chart;
processing said BP code to determine one of the n sizes of said garment to be a recommended size for fitting said human body.
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Abstract
A computer supported system especially configured for users to easily coordinate or harmonize apparel before making a purchasing decision. The embodiments include a body profile generating, encoding and decoding system. The system provides the conversion of a body profile code to fit with a particular garment size defined by a garment size chart. The enhanced body profile coding and decoding system also provide flexibility and room for future expansion and applications.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of processing a body profile (BP) code describing the physical dimensions of a human body to facilitate garment shopping, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of a body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values;
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values;
defining n available sizes of a garment by a size chart;
processing said BP code to determine one of the n sizes of said garment to be a recommended size for fitting said human body. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of producing a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a human and/or garment body, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of a body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values;
defining the relative relationship between the values of a first physical dimensional parameter and a second physical dimensional parameter; and
processing said m quantized values and said relative relation to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method of producing a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a human and/or garment body, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of a body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values; and
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a primary compressed n1 digits code and a supplemental n2 digits code for representing said m quantized digital values. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of producing a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a human and/or garment body, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of a body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values; and
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values;
wherein at least one of said m defined parameters comprises non-linear quantized values. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A business method to facilitate garment purchasing making use of a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a human body, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of said body;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said body to produce m quantized digital values;
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values; and
storing said BP code at a memory location accessible by a communication link. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A business method to facilitate garment purchasing making use of a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a first person, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of said person;
measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said first person to produce m quantized digital values;
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values;
enabling a second person to obtain said BP Code; and
a step for said second person to present said BP code to a seller for purchasing a selected garment for said first person. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A business method to facilitate garment purchasing making use of a body profile (BP) code to describe the physical dimensions of a person, said method comprising:
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defining m different physical dimensional parameters of said person;
setting up facility in a store for measuring the physical dimensional parameters of a person;
in said store, measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said person to produce m quantized digital values;
processing said m quantized values to produce said BP code comprising a compressed multidigit code representing said m quantized digital values; and
produce a record storing the BP code of said person. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A computing method for matching the body size of a person with the garment of a particular garment style comprising the steps of:
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(1) providing a garment matching computing apparatus;
(2) defining m different physical dimensional parameters of said person;
(3) measuring for each of said m defined parameters a physical dimension of said person to produce m quantized digital values;
(4) defining n different physical dimensional parameters for a garment sizing standard;
(5) defining the standard fitting criteria of said garment sizing standard to fit the physical dimensional parameters of a person;
(6) defining at least one style dependent offset value from said identified standard fitted size enabling the fitting of said particular garment style with said person;
(7) storing said style dependent offset value for the processing of said computing apparatus;
(8) processing the information of steps (2) to (7) by said computing apparatus to identify the closest fitted standard size of a garment for said person; and
(9) processing said offset value to recommend a final fitted size of said particular garment style for said person. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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